NFF pardons Enyeama, Onazi

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The Nigeria Football Federation has pardoned Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama and midfielder Ogenyi Onazi following the intervention of newly appointed coach Sunday Oliseh.

As exclusively reported by Ripples.com, Oliseh insisted on starting on a clean note stating that he doesn’t want to inherit any previous problem, which necessitated the NFF leadership to reason with him.

“We have waved the $5,000 fine placed on Onazi and have warned him to be of good conduct in future,” NFF Disciplinary Committee Chairman, Christopher Green said.

Green reluctantly revealed that Enyeama’s case has been closed while stating that the goalkeeper can return to the national team and turn a new leaf.

Enyeama did not attend the NFF Disciplinary Committee’s summons to explain his comments on the choice of Kaduna as venue for the country’s Gabon 2017 African Nations Cup qualifier against Chad on June 13.

Read also: Oliseh stuck between Enyeama and NFF

The goalie had on the eve of the game expressed his dissatisfaction with the choice of the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna as venue for the game, citing security challenges in the northern part of the country. But the NFF did not take kindly to his comments.

The body set up a committee to question the Super Eagles’ captain on the comments with a view to ensuring that no other player challenged the NFF’s right to decide where the national team games would be played.

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